| PATE | the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct |
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| PATE | a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention |
| PATE | an official document granting a right or privilege |
| PATE | make open to sight or notice |
| PATE | obtain a patent for |
| PATE | grant rights to |
| PATE | clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses |
| PATE | (of a bodily tube or passageway) open |
| PATE | an application for sole rights to an invention |
| PATE | a ductus arteriosus that failed to close at birth |
| PATE | violation of the rights secured by a patent |
| PATE | that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing patents |